cause). This was achieved by allowing users to create, maintain, and monitor a website dedicated to their cause, as well as to link it with social media and email (GoFundMe, 2010). This application offers a broad array of uses, from gathering donations for a sick family member to getting help paying for college tuition. While anyone can start a collection for something as selfish as buying a new sports car, it is primarily used for charitable causes and upstart businesses. This application is also
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In “The Singer Solution to World Poverty”, Peter Singer describes how the American consumer is in moral denial because of our failure to donate money that could save a child’s life from starvation, mal nutrition, or treatable diseases. In his article he highlights how we are not fully considering what in our lives is a luxury and what is a necessity. Another interesting concept Singer has is his actual solution to world poverty, which basically describes people donating any money not spent on necessities
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After much contemplation and careful assessment of the two charities, I have concluded that GiveDirectly is the fitting charity for the class to donate its $300. Although the Against Malaria Foundation or AMF is rated higher on GiveWells than its counterpart, I believe that GiveDirectly, if given the needed resources, will have a much greater overall impact compared to that of AMF (GiveWell). This is due to GiveDirectly having a greater effect on families it donates to, as well as the overall economy
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Families are comforted by the idea that religion suggests donating their loved ones body to higher learning institutions is a gift, an opportunity. Religion influences a lot individuals to donate. A recent survey was conducted including 481 participants including a variety of religions, 61% of which are Catholics, and 42 % are believers in other non-Catholic doctrines all in favor of cadaver donating because their religion suggested it (Rios, 2015). Families are all the more enforced that donating
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It was a lot but not as much as I wanted there to be. I gathered them all up and drove to the Salvation Army donation center in Fort Worth to drop off the contributions. They thanked me and I went on my way. I can agree that the drive went well, but it just did not go the way I wanted it to be. The concept was a good idea because of the demand for winter coats
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Name and Section: Speech Title: Organ Donation Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to not only donate their organs, but to take care to ensure there is action taken upon their decisions. Organizational Pattern: Problem-Solution order Introduction I. Attention Getter: We all know how it feels to wait for something, that eager, antsy feeling that overwhelms you when you’re placed on a waiting list for something that you really want. Now, imagine that the waiting list you are on is over 121
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syndrome, also known as AIDS, is caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).HIV damages body’s immune system by destroying white blood cells which help us to destroy invaded pathogens. When HIV enters a white blood cell, it may remain dormant. However, once it is activated, it infects another cell to produce many new HIVS. After a certain period of time, the white blood cells are destroyed and leading to a loss of function of the immune system (Y.K. Ho,2004). People infected by HIV will turn out to
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Organ donation 1. Write a summary of “I am donating my kidney to a stranger” (text 3) in about 150 words. The text main character is Paula MacKinnon and lives in Scotland. The text is about MacKinnon and how she had donated a kidney to a stranger, which is called altruistic. Her parents and her friends think that she is being foolish and they are worried about her. She knows that it is just because they care about her and that’s why they are trying to talk her out of it. The only person who
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government officials, contacting local businesses for donations, and holding a strong public donation campaign. Contacting local government officials the agency may access information about funding that is available to community agencies that are not related to federal or state traditional grants and contracts. These may include United Way, connections to people who might donate, grants from large out-of the area businesses and foundations, or city donations to help unemployment. They may also receive (employ
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HISTORY OF COMPANY TOMS Shoes was inspired by a trip to Argentina where Blake Mycoskie saw extreme poverty and health conditions, as well as children walking without shoes. He also noticed that the traditional Argentine alpargata shoe as a simple canvas become apparent as he began seeing it at everywhere whether in cities, farm or even in night club. After discovering the lack of shoes is one of the problem in Argentina, he decide to produce a kind of alpargata for US market with concept for every
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